Graham Oliver
@grahammoliver.bsky.social
Teacher Writer Editor in Taipei, Taiwan 台灣台北市. Currently at NTU/AWEC 台大/寫作教學中心.
https://linktr.ee/grahamiam
https://linktr.ee/grahamiam
just finished THE RESIDENCE and it was the best live-action short series I've seen in a while. the last episode wasn't quite on the same level, but huge fan, sad to hear it hasn't gotten a second season.
November 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
just finished THE RESIDENCE and it was the best live-action short series I've seen in a while. the last episode wasn't quite on the same level, but huge fan, sad to hear it hasn't gotten a second season.
This essay is incredibly good. Highly recommend.
My old pal Pete Coviello — one of the best writers and thinkers I've ever known — wrote the piece of the moment
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lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:02 AM
This essay is incredibly good. Highly recommend.
Wrote about personal essays, autumnal changes, and a roundup of links you should check out: buttondown.com/telegraham/a...
Changing Leaves, Leaving Changes
This photo needs no explanation. Friends, Down the street from us, nestled between a 7-Eleven and a literal hole-in-the-wall that hands out betel nuts and...
buttondown.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Wrote about personal essays, autumnal changes, and a roundup of links you should check out: buttondown.com/telegraham/a...
Congratulations to Lin King for winning a well-deserved award for her translation of TAIWAN TRAVELOGUE:
focustaiwan.tw/culture/2025...
focustaiwan.tw/culture/2025...
'Taiwan Travelogue' translator, editor awarded prize by ALTA - Focus Taiwan
Lin King (金翎), the English translator of "Taiwan Travelogue" (臺灣漫遊錄) by Taiwanese author Yang Shuang-zi (楊双子), and the novel's editor, Yuka Igarashi, have won a translation prize from the American Lit...
focustaiwan.tw
November 8, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Congratulations to Lin King for winning a well-deserved award for her translation of TAIWAN TRAVELOGUE:
focustaiwan.tw/culture/2025...
focustaiwan.tw/culture/2025...
Reposted by Graham Oliver
Hello everyone, we’re Red Candle Games.
This year marks our studio’s 10th anniversary — thank you for your support. 🕯️🙏
youtu.be/yzZY6-v4yVU
This year marks our studio’s 10th anniversary — thank you for your support. 🕯️🙏
youtu.be/yzZY6-v4yVU
Red Candle Games — 10th Anniversary Animated Short
YouTube video by Red Candle Games
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Hello everyone, we’re Red Candle Games.
This year marks our studio’s 10th anniversary — thank you for your support. 🕯️🙏
youtu.be/yzZY6-v4yVU
This year marks our studio’s 10th anniversary — thank you for your support. 🕯️🙏
youtu.be/yzZY6-v4yVU
Question for anyone connected to a university - does your university's online course management system (whether Canvas or Sakai or Moodle or in-house or whatever) indicate it's sponsored by a donor in any way?
November 8, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Question for anyone connected to a university - does your university's online course management system (whether Canvas or Sakai or Moodle or in-house or whatever) indicate it's sponsored by a donor in any way?
Sometimes I think the solution to LLM insanity is just to expose children to Akinator as a inoculation. I'm pretty sure people impressed with a chatbot that's constantly wrong just weren't around for a genie who could guess every character you could possibly think of
en.akinator.com
en.akinator.com
Akinator, the mind reading genie
Akinator can read your mind and tell you what character you are thinking of, as if by magic. Think of a real or fictional character, answer few questions, and Akinator will try to guess who it is. Wil...
en.akinator.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Sometimes I think the solution to LLM insanity is just to expose children to Akinator as a inoculation. I'm pretty sure people impressed with a chatbot that's constantly wrong just weren't around for a genie who could guess every character you could possibly think of
en.akinator.com
en.akinator.com
Reposted by Graham Oliver
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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Reposted by Graham Oliver
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
Reposted by Graham Oliver
Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.
Yay Mayor Wu!
Congratulations on your re-election, Mayor Wu - the best mayor in America. You proved once more that Boston can't be bought and won't be bullied.
November 5, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Yay Mayor Wu!
請問，我常常失望沒辦法發現活動因為我不在FB，不想要支持Meta，你經驗的話，dcard也有大部分的活動嗎？我知道很多我學生用dcard但是不認識太多我年紀的人用。
November 4, 2025 at 3:59 AM
請問，我常常失望沒辦法發現活動因為我不在FB，不想要支持Meta，你經驗的話，dcard也有大部分的活動嗎？我知道很多我學生用dcard但是不認識太多我年紀的人用。
think my winter break project is going to be to get rid of a third of my clothes and make a neocities site to throw a bunch of writing I have spread around 10 places into one spot
November 4, 2025 at 3:28 AM
think my winter break project is going to be to get rid of a third of my clothes and make a neocities site to throw a bunch of writing I have spread around 10 places into one spot
This article is awful at giving details:
focustaiwan.tw/society/2025...
Is it a discount? Is it a lottery? (They mention drawings but it says "includes" drawings - are the drawings the main thing?) Are they vouchers? Where can I find out more info?
focustaiwan.tw/society/2025...
Is it a discount? Is it a lottery? (They mention drawings but it says "includes" drawings - are the drawings the main thing?) Are they vouchers? Where can I find out more info?
Gov't launches accommodation deals to boost eastern Taiwan tourism - Focus Taiwan
Taiwan's Tourism Administration on Saturday announced two-person, two-night lodging packages starting at NT$3,800 (US$122) as part of a campaign to boost travel in Hualien and Taitung counties in east...
focustaiwan.tw
November 4, 2025 at 3:09 AM
This article is awful at giving details:
focustaiwan.tw/society/2025...
Is it a discount? Is it a lottery? (They mention drawings but it says "includes" drawings - are the drawings the main thing?) Are they vouchers? Where can I find out more info?
focustaiwan.tw/society/2025...
Is it a discount? Is it a lottery? (They mention drawings but it says "includes" drawings - are the drawings the main thing?) Are they vouchers? Where can I find out more info?
It's that time of year again when we play everyone's favorite game: is it allergies or illness????
November 4, 2025 at 2:42 AM
It's that time of year again when we play everyone's favorite game: is it allergies or illness????
Reposted by Graham Oliver
#30DayMapChallenge Day 2 - Lines
The route of Kaohsiung garbage truckes🚚. after collection, they head to the incineration plants, making the lines around them thicker.
#map
The route of Kaohsiung garbage truckes🚚. after collection, they head to the incineration plants, making the lines around them thicker.
#map
November 3, 2025 at 9:59 AM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 2 - Lines
The route of Kaohsiung garbage truckes🚚. after collection, they head to the incineration plants, making the lines around them thicker.
#map
The route of Kaohsiung garbage truckes🚚. after collection, they head to the incineration plants, making the lines around them thicker.
#map
If I was withering I would simply eat some of the millions of mana crystals laying around on the ground of Suramar
November 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
If I was withering I would simply eat some of the millions of mana crystals laying around on the ground of Suramar
Reposted by Graham Oliver
Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
November 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
68 years ago today Laika went to outer space. Every year I read and share "Triolet for Laika" by Ann Eichler Kolakowski with my students. Thankful for MotionPoems' haunting animated interpretation.
vimeo.com/147599622
vimeo.com/147599622
Triolet For Laika
A moving tribute to the first dog in space. Credits Director / Illustrator: Emory Allen Executive Producers: Todd Boss, Egg Creative, Amanda Miller Based on…
vimeo.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:47 AM
68 years ago today Laika went to outer space. Every year I read and share "Triolet for Laika" by Ann Eichler Kolakowski with my students. Thankful for MotionPoems' haunting animated interpretation.
vimeo.com/147599622
vimeo.com/147599622
I humbly submit to you my latest culinary creation: banana, peanut butter, lao gan ma heated up in a tortilla. Highly recommend. Serve with a generous sprinkle of cilantro
November 2, 2025 at 6:46 AM
I humbly submit to you my latest culinary creation: banana, peanut butter, lao gan ma heated up in a tortilla. Highly recommend. Serve with a generous sprinkle of cilantro
No one knew who I was supposed to be, which means more people should watch this fantastic show
November 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
No one knew who I was supposed to be, which means more people should watch this fantastic show
Reposted by Graham Oliver
Last year, an unlicensed elderly driver killed two children in central Taiwan when he drove his SUV 77kph down a narrow side street outside their school.
The tragedy and public outrage were an opportunity to finally improve Taiwan’s “pedestrian hell.” Instead, he’s been sentenced to just 14 months.
The tragedy and public outrage were an opportunity to finally improve Taiwan’s “pedestrian hell.” Instead, he’s been sentenced to just 14 months.
無照翁撞死彰化姊妹判1年2月 祖父：太輕盼上訴 | 社會 | 中央社 CNA
74歲蕭姓男子去年於彰化縣伸港鄉無照駕駛撞擊陳姓3姊弟遭判刑1年2月，3姊弟的祖父今天告訴中央社記者，2孫女相繼過世，這樣判太輕，實在不公平，希望檢察官提上訴。
www.cna.com.tw
November 1, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Last year, an unlicensed elderly driver killed two children in central Taiwan when he drove his SUV 77kph down a narrow side street outside their school.
The tragedy and public outrage were an opportunity to finally improve Taiwan’s “pedestrian hell.” Instead, he’s been sentenced to just 14 months.
The tragedy and public outrage were an opportunity to finally improve Taiwan’s “pedestrian hell.” Instead, he’s been sentenced to just 14 months.
Reposted by Graham Oliver
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.